Bud Norris has been so good against the Cardinals over the years–and so mediocre against just about everyone else–that St. Louis scribes Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and Matthew Leach of MLB.com have a running joke with fans on Twitter about his dominance using the hashtag #BudChuck.

Norris did it again last night, shutting out the Cardinals for 7.1 innings after coming into the game 5-13 with a 5.05 ERA this season, out-dueling Chris Carpenter while snapping an 18-start winless streak.

For his career Norris now has a 2.74 ERA in 15 starts versus St. Louis, compared to a 4.83 ERA in 81 starts versus all other teams. That includes yearly ERAs of 0.00, 3.38, 2.52, and now 3.52 against the Cardinals.

Stupid narrative. Cardinals kicked the crap out of Norris all year long except for the game last night; but because he did so well last year, we get to keep hearing about how this mostly obscure Astros starter always gets their goat.

Ah, don’t include basic information in the body of the article, include it is a hyperlink. That musta been Journalism 102.

Yeah, there are plenty of ways I could have found out that Bud Norris plays for the Astros (look! I figured it out!), but if you’re writing about Bud Norris on a baseball blog, that’s a basic piece of information that should be included. Maybe not if you’re writing about, say, Derek Jeter, but definitely if you’re writing about Bud Norris.

Chip Caray's Eyebrows - Sep 27, 2012 at 11:59 AM

Bud Norris is tougher on Cardinal Nation than a fifth-grade spelling test.

There is a reason why we have been referring to him as Bud ‘Cy’ Norris on the Cardinals site for the last several years. The dude has been a Cardinals killer his whole career. The two bad starts this year (our of 5) are a huge improvement for the Cardinals.

It was a fitting way to end National League baseball in Houston and a great last final call for Milo Hamilton. Astros and Cardinals have had a great rivalry over the years in the regular season and in the playoffs. I for one will miss it. Heres to Astros-Cards World Series sometime down road. (Long, long, longgg road)